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Volume 70, Number 18
Women's Studies 201 new to GE curriculum
by Andrea Marie Carlson
Introduction to Women's Studies 201, a
new course to be added to the General
Education curriculum, will be offered for
the first time at North Park in the winter of
1990. It fulfills the Comparative
Perspective or Contemporary Society GE
requirements.
The course will be co-taught by Kathy
Edin-Nelson, Professor of Sociology,
Priscilla Pope-Levison, College Chaplain,
and Cherie Meacham, Spanish Professor.
The three professors will divide the
lecture time. Edin-Nelson will discuss
gender roles and social inequality, along
with fiction and other areas outside
sociology. Meacham will teach about
feminist literary criticism and take a look
at the historical development of patriarchy.
Pope-Levison will lecture about feminist
theology.
"I want to introduce people to a wide
range of theology which promotes women
and is geared toward women's spirituality,"
said Pope-Levison.
Pope-Levison places high importance
on class discussion, as do the other
instructors. "A lot of the [material] is
going to be confrontative," said Pope-
Levison.
They will bring in guest speakers from
other faculty in disciplines such as
psychology, art and anthropology. Much
of the material will also center around
reading assignments.
"The students will estimate what is
important in the readings [and] will keep a
journal of responses to the information,"
said Meacham. "Rather than research
papers, the students will do indepth
bibliographies and critical studies."
Evaluation will be by exams.
During the summer, the Women's
Studies core staff will decide outside
lecturers, and other material for the course.
They will also attend the National
Women's Studies Conference in Akron,
Ohio, June 20-24.
The three women's studies professor's
explained the reasons behind designating
the course:
"Feminism is a negative word to almost
everybody," said Edin-Nelson. "I now call
myself a feminist because I have to defend
the word."
Edin-Nelson wants feminism to
"empower women to see themselves as
important, with important contributions to
make."
Pope-Levison also wants to change the
negative connotation of "feminism." "My
goal is that we can make the word
'feminism' a positive word," said Pope-
Levison. "Women's Studies is an academic
discipline that is being studied at over 500
universities."
"I want to challenge students to look at
the world from a different perspective,"
cites Pope-Levison as her second goal.
Earthday 1990
by KJ Pool
Anniversaries sometimes lack the
excitement of "the first time." This spring,
however, we have the opportunity to
celebrate the 20th anniversary of one of the
most influential events of the 1970s, Earth
Day. This time, environmental concern is
even greater, because the population
increase means that the problems of 20
years ago are even more of a threat to our
environment.
Studies during the '60s revealed that
common scientific, agricultural, and
industrial processes were causing dramatic
problems in the environment. Air
pollution in major cities was causing
increased death and infant mortality.
The Great Lakes were becoming so
polluted that dead fish washed up on the
shores. Uncontrolled use of pesticide was
affecting not only animals, but the
population. And industrial pollution in
rivers was out of control, as exemplified in
Cleveland's most embarrassing moment:
The Day the Cuyahoga River Caught on
Fire.
Future-minded individuals were
concerned with the frenzied progression
toward environmental destruction. Earth
Day '70 was begun by a political and
education minded group, Environmental
Teach -In, led by Wisconson Senator
Gaylord Nelson. Denis Hayes, a student at
Stanford and the Harvard Law School,
organized the first Earth Day with the idea
that it would be a nation-wide rally for a
cleaner environment. Twenty million
people responded to the event;
demonstrations in New York and
Washington D.C. were so large that streets
were closed.
Much was accomplished. In addition to
a startling increase in public awareness of
environmental protection, a chain reaction
of laws and policies began in the
government. President Nixon signed the
National Environmental Policy Act on
January 1, 1970. Also in 1970, the Clean
Air Act was passed, and the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) created. The
Clean Water Act was passed in 1972.
Twenty years later, are things slowing
down? There are the same issues, and
many more to consider in our generation.
If some situations are not responded to and
remedied, there might not be an Earth Day
2000. This is not healthy cynicism on the
behalf of fanatic environmentalists - the
earth is in real danger. Several of the
issues that will be discussed this year in
conjunction with Earth Day '90, on April
22, are described below.
The Greenhouse Effect is caused by
the release of carbon dioxide and
clorofluorcarbons (CFCs) in the production
of energy from fossil fuels and industrial
practices. These gases prevent the release
of heat from the atmosphere, and have
already increased our annual temperature
average by one degree Fahrenheit. In ten
years, the effect will increase to the point
that important agricultural areas may
become useless deserts and coastal areas
may be under water due to polar ice cap
melting.
"All we are hoping to say is that women
have a different perspective on life: Just as
minorities do, just as men do."
"[Women's Studies] forces us to ask
new questions in new ways," said
Meacham. She goes on to cite the
contribution of feminist literature: "Novels
[by authors such as Toni Morrison] offer a
counterpoint view from an outside
culture."
Edin-Nelson emphasizes not only the
new perspective that the class will present,
but also the new opportunities. "Women
and men will be open to all the potentials
that God has for them without the
constraints that are usually there." She
sees Women's Studies 201 as "trying to
recapture lost literature and scholarship."
"We don't want to brainwash or
indoctrinate anybody," said Edin-Nelson.
"[This course] is a chance to learn new
things rather than a chance for women to-make
men feel bad."
Political Science professor Warren
Wade has reasons to oppose the women's
studies proposal. He feels that the
ideological basis behind the course is
inconsistent with the liberal arts tradition
which North Park espouses.
"Most Comparative Perspective/
Contemporary Society courses aren't
ideologically, politically based," Wade
said. He regards the ideological nature of
Women's Studies as inappropriate in the
North Park liberal arts setting.
"I take the position that the liberal arts
cover many disciplines ... about what our
western tradition really is and how it has
evolved," said Wade. "I have a great
respect ... for this body of information."
Wade believes that Women's Studies
will receive little support on campus. "I
don't think our students ... will be excited
about [Women's Studies 201]" said Wade.
"Our students have a common sense-ical
way to them that will steer them away from
such a course."
He thinks that the market for such a
class is very small, because it can be used
in very few areas.
Wade feels that women who choose the
traditional female role (wife and/or
mother) are being left out. Those who
advocate Women's Studies downplay the
respect for women in traditional roles and
make them feel degraded.
Finally, Wade disagrees that women
have been omitted from or downplayed in
history. "I don't accept the premise that
[women] have been excluded until now."
He points out Aristotle's Nichomachem,
Plato's Republic and John Stuart Mill's
writing, which all include much on women.
Wade emphasizes that he is "certainly
in favor of equality of the sexes."
Dennis Wolff hands over the SA Presidential gavel to Mark Johnson.
The Ozone Layer is a layer of gas in
the stratosphere which filters harmful
ultraviolet light. In 1985, a hole was
discovered in the ozone layer. The cause
has been linked to CFCs. If depletion
continues, we will experience an increase
in skin cancer, eye disease, and immunity
deficiency. The harm to plants and
animals will soon affect people also.
Acid Rain and Pollutants are caused
by release of gases from industry and in
the production of energy. Smog and air
pollution cause health problems. Acid rain
pollutes fresh water, affecting wildlife, and
causes excessive erosion to buildings.
Alternative Energy will become more
and more important as the limited amount
of fossil fuel is consumed. Using fossil
fuels also causes the production of
pollution and greenhouse gases. A safe,
waste efficient energy source is needed.
Dumping sites for waste - unrecycled
waste products are building up and causing
environment and health problems.
Chemical and industrial waste especially
present major problems for disposal. Not
recycling materials wastes money and
energy, in addition to presenting disposal
problems.
Tropical Rain Forest Deforestation is
continued on page 4
by Joan E. Moran
Riots erupted in England last Saturday,
with 40,000 demonstrators rampaging the
streets of London. Cars were burned,
windows were broken, and stores were
looted. Fifty-seven police officers and 75
demonstrators were hurt, and 341 people
were arrested.
What was the cause of this uproar?
Taxes.
In a country where police officers do
not carry weapons, violent riots occurred
because of a new tax.
The people were justified in their
demonstration, as this tax is inequitable. It
is a flat rate tax on every adult, replacing
the property tax, with the poorest chap
having to pay the same as the richest bloke
around.
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Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of
England, has put the final nail in her coffin
with this tax. She claims that the new tax
is a "gift" to property owners, and is an
attempt to "tame the free-spending habits
of local councils" on whom she blames the
tax problems.
Thatcher's Conservative Party is slowly
losing ground to the oppositional Labor
Party, and this tax has been a boost to
Labor's popularity.
The Labor Party supported the tax
demonstrations, except for the militant
protesting. What began as simply a sit-down
protest was doomed to become
violent, as some demonstrators showed up
with knit masks and gasoline-soaked rags.
Thatcher was quick to jump on these
"Marxist agitators and militants," who did
only harm to their cause. The rioting was
probably sparked by a small few and
quickly spread among the rest, as is usually
the case. Such peace-loving citizens
should not have let the situation get out of
control.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the
world, we have a silent protest going on.
Very silent.
Too silent.
Beijing residents were asked to "take a
stroll" in Tiananmen Square to show
sympathy for the victims of last June's
massacre during the pro-democracy
movement.
The Chinese government quickly
prevented anyone from entering the square
by closing it all day, and by having armed
police squads and army troops patrol the
city. Even campuses were patrolled and
roadblocks set up in the suburbs. These
government goons also chanted "Socialism
is good" at the people.
The Chinese no longer have the right to
protest, because the largest protest they
ever held for such freedoms, such as the
right to protest, was stifled by the
government. The students that
demonstrated in Tiananmen Square in June
were fighting for democracy, something we
Westerners take for granted. Theirs was a
peaceful demonstration that turned to
violence because of the armed troops that
overtook them.
The demonstrators in London faced
unarmed "bobbies," and caused havoc and
destruction for the sake of money. What
would they do if their rights were taken
away? Blow up Buckingham Palace?
One on One
One on One is a weekly column sponsored
by the Religious Life Committee
by Rob Trepanier
In papers, books, and magazines, we
read a lot about world hunger, and the
thousands of people that die each day from
starvation. We also read and notice the ads
and materials promoting the importance of
good nutrition and exercise to build a
strong, healthy body.
There is also another area that needs
food, good nutrition, and exercise each day
to remain strong and healthy, but I doubt
that you will see many ads for it. That is
the nurture and care of our spiritual life.
Psalm 42 begins, "As the deer pants for
the water brook, so pants my soul for you,
0 God." We need to have food to feed us
spiritually as well. We can glean it from
others who have spent time in personal
devotions and have a mediocre "meal," or
we can go directly to the Bible ourselves
and feast on our own, being guided by the
Holy Spirit.
Listening to tapes and reading others'
findings are good, but it shouldn't take the
place of discovering the Bible for
ourselves.
Are you hungry? Spend some time
alone with God today and do it often. It's
not always easy, but it's satisfying.
SURREALISTIC
JOURNALISM
by Dave Wilson
Another chapter in the Exxon Valdez
caper has just been completed. This time,
however, Captain Joseph Hazelwood is the
victor.
One year ago, America wanted to dip
Hazelwood headfirst in the gooey mess he
created and turn him into a human can of
STP. But now, it seems Hazelwood is
ready to go back to work.
In a decision that seems backwards to
the regular treatment of an environmental
villain, Alaska Superior Court Judge Karl
Johnstone slapped Hazelwood's oil-encrusted
wrist: Hazelwood was sentenced
to 1,000 hours of clean-up labor and a
$50,000 restitution payable to the State of
Alaska.
And the story took on another twist.
Was Hazelwood drunk? Several witnesses
said that on that fateful March afternoon,
Hazelwood was at a Valdez bar quaffing it
up. Indeed, his blood-alcohol level (taken
11 hours after the crash) did exceed the
Coast Guard's level. His lawyers claimed
he was drinking after the accident, and
apparently Johnstone bought the argument.
This makes two contradictory decisions
on the part of Johnstone -- ignoring the
alcohol issue and skimping on the oil
charge.
So what was Hazelwood left with?
Some lame-sounding charge called
"negligent discharge of oil." That sounds
more like something Mr. Goodwrench can
prevent than a crime that wasted vast
amounts of wildlife and Alaskan shoreline.
Meanwhile, the Coast Guard is planning
to revoke Hazelwood's captain's license.
But he and his lawyer have other plans for
the near future: Hazelwood wants to go
back to sea, and his attorney may persuade
Exxon to let him drive more oil boats.
Great. A drunken sot who can't hold his
oil may go back to sea. Originally, charges
of criminal mischief, intoxication, and
recklessness would've put Hazelwood in
the slammer for seven years. It also
would've put him out $60,000.
Johnstone obviously hasn't come to
terms with the major-league issue of
environmental concern. Any other judge
would've disemboweled Hazelwood and
soaked up some of his spilled oil with the
rest of his remains.
But n000. Hazelwood was never even
called to the witness stand during the trial.
Johnstone has pulled a boner in his
treatment of the guilty Hazelwood. Both
Judge and defendant need to be nailed for
their mal-contributions to the State of
Alaska. Judge Johnstone needs to be duct-taped
back-to-back with Hazelwood and
turned into a human dipstick.
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North Park students hired as spies for Census Bureau
by Dave Wilson
On March 21, 41 members of the North
Park community teamed up with
University of Chicago students for a two-hour
'spy' mission.
The 'mission' entailed waiting at 20 set
locations around Chicago and evaluating
the work of the US Census Bureau's
Enumerators, who were supposed to be
counting and interviewing the city's
homeless population. The 'spies' were
hired by the Census Bureau.
This seemed to be a nationwide
problem that night. North Park spy
statistics were parallel to the statistics that
other Census Bureau spies reported
throughout the United States.
A contact at Northwestern asked
Kathy Edin-Nelson, sociology professor,
about organizing students to participate.
Edin-Nelson complied and with the help of
Ruth Werstler, Urban Outreach
Coordinator, assembled the North Park
participants.
The 41 North Park spies attended an
orientation seminar, during which they
were sworn in as Census Bureau
Employees. The team also had to sign
liability forms, and inform their insurance
companies that they would be
participating.
The Chicago Police Department gave
the Census Bureau a list of 40 spots that
homeless people are known to solicit.
From this list, Edin-Nelson narrowed the
number down to 20, based on which areas
she perceived to be the safest for the
students. The enumerators, working in
groups of two to four people, were
supposed to be tabulating in these spots
from 2-4 a.m.
But the enumerators seemed to have
slacked off on their job; Edin-Nelson said
that in 2/3 of the places the North Park
students were watching, no enumerators
showed up. Often, if they did show up, the
enumerators came late and left early.
The North Park spies were part of a
National Census Bureau program designed
to evaluate its own work. For their service,
volunteers were paid $100 by the Bureau.
Because North Park Urban Outreach
organized the effort, the participants were
asked to donate some of the money to
them.
"In my opinion, they (the enumerators)
did no better than a 'C' job," Edin-Nelson
said.
Edin-Nelson and her spy partner, senior
Sue "Zero" Dugovic, were directly
interviewed by an enumerator. "We were
both counted as homeless people," Edin-
Nelson said.
Another North Park student that
encountered a Census Bureau enumerator
was sophomore Pam Nelson, who saw two
sets of two enumerators. Nelson walked
right past the enumerator, who said nothing
to her.
"They did not talk to me - they did not
say anything to anyone on the street,"
Nelson said of the experience. "I think
they might have counted me as a runaway
without asking me anything." Also,
Nelson said, "I froze my butt off."
Mary Ellen Cowles was assigned a 24-
hour Donut shop, with her partner Rebecca
Walsh. Approximately 15 homeless were
inside the restaurant, and no enumerators
showed up to take statistics. Cowles
watched while the awake homeless stole
money from the sleeping homeless in the
donut store.
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downtown hotel. Needless to say, no
enumerators showed up to count, and no
homeless people were there. But after a
while, the chauffeurs running a limousine
service offered to let Nelson and Werstler
sit on plush couches to observe. They
complied.
Julie Knox and Teresa Smedberg
watched a Cash Station facility. At about
2:30 am., a homeless woman showed up.
"By this time, we looked like we were
homeless, too," said Knox. The woman,
about 60 years old, used a Cash Station
card to get into the station area and stay
warm. She stayed there for about 25
minutes before leaving.
Neither Knox nor Smedberg saw any
enumerators, although some may have
driven by in cars and counted them as
homeless.
Overall, the National Census count has
been deemed a failure by most accounts.
Knox said, "The census people themselves
seemed to be kind of unorganized."
However, the Washington Census
Bureau was impressed by the North Park
spies. "They think North Park is the Taj-
Mahal of colleges," Edin-Nelson said.
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor:
We who find ourselves waiting
endlessly for a computer at term's end were
recently done an injustice: The Computer
Services' purchase of two high-performance
Macintosh Hex computers.
Together, these computers cost
approximately $10,000. Strangely, only
Physics and Art students will be allowed to
use them.
Taking into account the recent drop in
prices from Macintosh, with this amount of
money we could have purchased eleven
Macintosh Plus computers. Of course, the
Mac Plus is not an extremely fast machine,
but it does perform its intended job -- word
processing -- as well as any other Mac.
How could Computer Services have
ignored the needs of the majority of
students by frivolously purchasing two
machines that only a relative few can ever
use, especially since we all paid for them?
It seems as if a little "Pentagon-spending
virus" has infected our campus!
Sincerely,
Eric P. Holm
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by Andrew Ediger, your Travel Guru
The large oak door seemed imposing as
my sister and I were leaving Rockefeller
Chapel. Outside the sun had finally come
out, and although it wasn't as bad as when
the "raincicles" were driving into my face,
I still found myself hiding inside my
leather coat.
We walked up the stairs leading to the
Oriental Institute and opened the large
door. The first thing I noticed, as the
hidden tourist in me came out, was the gift
shop. There was a large glass table
containing pieces of jewelry and things
that may in a thousand years become
artifacts themselves: "Here is a piece that
typifies the late Grateful Dead period in
the United States of America. Little is
known about this enigmatic political fringe
group, except that they professed love and
peace. It is hard for us to imagine a world
with peace but it did exist at one time. We
study these artifacts in order to understand
ourselves and what we were better."
I grabbed a free pocket guide as we
made our way toward
the museum entrance (forgetting the
decision of which artifacts to buy until
later).
The first room is dedicated to the
artifacts of Ancient Egypt. The core of the
Egyptian exhibit was purchased by
founder Henry Breasted from 1894 to
1935. I found out later that Breasted was
the model for Indiana Jones' mentor Dr.
Ravenswood in the film "Raiders of the
Lost Ark."
I walked into the Egyptian room and
was surprised to see a glass case
containing not only a mummified human,
but the ground in which he was laid to rest.
Also in the cut-away exhibit were
primitive cosmetic jars. These were left
behind, I figured, so the deceased could
look good when presented to Horus, the
god of the dead. Or possibly, the
cosmetics were out of date, and shop
owners wanted to make room for
Cleopatra's new line, Ambition. Moving
along I noticed a large jar with the lid still
intact. What was in that jar remains a
mystery to fuel the imagination.
The most fascinating artifact for me
was not the Colossal Statue of
Tutankhamun, or the beautifully decorated
coffin of Ipi-ha-Ishutef, but the statue of
Horus. Horus was traditionally represented
in the image of the falcon, but this statue
had something to say about humans in that
it transcended time.
There are narrow passages in the base of
the statue. The holes have been
hypothesized to have been the means of
manipulation of the statue's mouth in order
to give the advice of Horus, when in fact it
was the priest telling the seeker to leave
some money behind so that he could buy
that new alligator briefcase.
There was so much to see there, I could
not possibly talk about it all, but I would
like to mention a few exhibits (may the
gods forgive me for doing them the
injustice of relegating them to only a few
lines).
The Assyrian exhibit boasts the largest
piece, the Human-headed Winged Bull (its
face is not to be confused with that of King
Tut from the Batman TV show). All 40
tons are a tribute to the spirituality that is
in all men from all times.
A Striding Lion, in glazed brick, from
the Processional Way in ancient Babylon
was a tribute to the god Ishtar and is dated
at about 604-562 B.C.E.. It is speculated
to have been built by Nebuchadnezzer
(pretty far out huh?).
They also have a scrap of the Dead Sea
Scrolls on display. The scrap even has a
letter on it.
This is the travel guru reminding you
that smoking and radio playing is not
permitted on the train.
6' rerrorcs
North Park celebrates Earthfest
by Greg Payne
Think green! The Environmental
Action Group, supported by the Resident
Men's Association and Student Association,
has organized a pre-Earthday party on
Thursday, April 19. The party will be on
the Hump, from 2-5 p.m., weather
permitting (an alternative sight will be
posted if rain is forecasted).
North Park's community has been
invited to the party, as well as primary and
secondary schools. Dr. David Mahan from
our environmental science affiliate school,
AuSable Institute, will speak from 7-9 p.m.
on Christian stewardship and natural
resources, followed by a questions and
answer session.
Chicago's Earthday '90 celebration is in
Lincoln Park on Sunday, April 22. It is a
heavily funded and publicized civic event,
and will draw many more people than
attended in previous years. The schedule
for Earthfest weekend is:
Thursday, April 19
- Dr. David Mahan lecture; "Woodland
Stream Ecology" in Science and the
Natural Order, at 12:20 p.m. in C-13.
- North Park's Earthfest, 2 - 5:30 p.m.
Earthfest includes live music, T-shirts, $2
plant sale (many varieties), resource-saving
products sale (some will be free), a
resource-saving demonstration table, an
environmental information table, Earthday
'90 pledge-signing, raffle of two commuter
bicycles (bring ten aluminum cans or ten
plastic one, two, or three liter plastic
bottles, or ten glass containers or a
combination thereof for one raffle ticket),
complimentary Earth punch for anyone
with a coffee mug or glass (no disposable
cups), and fellowship.
- Lecture: "Christian Stewardship and
Natural Resources," Dr. David Mahan; 7-9
p.m. in the Lower Cranny at Campus
Center. The lecture will be followed by
question and discussion time with
refreshments.
Saturday, April 21:
- Clean Greens Project, 10 a.m.-noon.
Meet on library steps to group up and bag
debris on campus. Faculty and staff are
cordially invited to participate along with
the student body. All participants will
receive a healthy indoor plant for their
efforts.
- "Hands on Earth" Day, North Park
Village, 5801 N. Pulaski, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. A
variety of activities for adults and children,
including T- shirt decorating, a workday in
the forest preserve, Native American crafts,
reptile presentations by Chicago
Herpetological Society.
Sunday, April 22, EARTHDAY
- Ride for Clean Air with the Chicago
Lung Association and 93 WXRT. Riders
begin in Lincoln Park at 9 a.m. and ride 10
or 25 miles. After the ride, there will be
music, food, and exhibits. To register,
mail $15 to the Chicago Lung Association,
1440 W. Washington Blvd. 60607.
- All-city festivities will take place in
Lincoln Park.
If you would like to help out during the
weekend, suggest ideas, or if you have
questions about North Park Earthfest, call
Stein Settergren at 509-6186 or Greg
Payne at 252-5652. Earthday '90 inquiries
can be directed to City Hall's requests and
inquiries number: 774-5000.
Largo Desolato premieres Chicago
by KJ Pool
The North Park College Theatre
Department will present the Chicago
premiere of Vaclav Havel's play, Larg o
Desolato April 26-27, 8 p.m. and April 28,
3 p.m. and 8 p.m. in the LHA. Robert
Hostetter, associate professor of
communication and theatre will direct the
play. Luis Ramirez, a theatre and art
instuctor, is designing the set and is the
techincal director. Marci Jacobs is the
stage manager.
Not only is this the debut of this
comtemporary play in Chicago (the
professional premiere opens a week later),
but Havel has had much significance in
recent Eastern European politics. There is
a possibility that there will be a
Czechoslovakian diplomat attend the play
and lead a post-production discussion
session after an evening performance.
Havel is an innovative and outspoken
Czechoslovakian playwright and
philosopher who has been imprisoned three
times for his dissidence against
communism. In January 1990, Havel was
unanimously elected as the president of
Czechoslovakia.
Havel reflects his beliefs in his art, and
dramatically expresses his suffering.
Largo Desolato,. written in 1984 after
Havel was released from a three-year
prison term, is a great example of Havel's
realistic description of the persecution of
intellectual people by an oppressive
government.
The hero of Largo Desolato is the
author/philosopher Leopold Nettles (NP
alumni Eric Hillabrant) who finds himself
trapped in his own home by pressure from
the government and well meaning, but
overly expectant friends, fans, and a
girlfriend.
Gulliver's reviewed
by Elaine Rowe
Many students on campus are familiar
with Gulliver's pizza (they deliver to
campus), but few students ever visit the
establishment itself. It is a trip worth your
while.
The antique lamps that cover almost
every inch of the walls and ceilings are an
incredible sight to see. Other antiques are
scattered throughout the restaurant, which
has dark wood tables and chairs to add to
the antique atmosphere. It is impossible to
see it all in one visit.
The food is just as good as the decor.
Featuring more than just pizza, the variety
of menu items is incredible. The food
ranges from Italian to Mexican to
American, and includes items like burgers,
sandwiches and pitas: Whatever you like
you get.
Salads are another big menu item; one
of them, the "Garbage" salad, is a
combination of all kinds of ingredients and
is absolutely delicious. All of this comes
with a price tag of between $4-11 an item
(Pizza costs a little more).
Not only does Gulliver's feature good
food and interesting decor, but is located
not too far from campus at 2727 W.
Howard. The phone number is 338-2166 if
you need directions (or to order the usual
carry-out). Gulliver's is as suitable for a
large group of friends as it is for an
intimate dinner for two, so lose the
delivery tradition and give them a visit.
Earthday, continued
probably going to be the top concern for
the '90s. Fifty-four acres of tropical forest
are destroyed each minute. This not only
means the loss of hundreds of thousands of
species of animals and plants that exist
only in the tropical forests, but aggrivation
of the greenhouse effect. The forests are
destroyed unnecessarily for lumber arid to
clear poor soil for grazing cattle.
Fortunately, there are things that can be
done, and Earth Day '90 will present some
solutions.
"It is not possible to restore our
environment to a perfectly natural state,"
said President George Bush in an editorial
in the EPA Journal. "Yet we've also
learned that a growing economy can only
be sustained with a healthy environment."
The slogan for Earth Day '90 is "Think
globally; act locally. You can make a
difference." By simply becoming aware of
important issues facing our environment
during our generation, you start to share a
responsibility in the solution. Now is the
time to get involved with the drive for
environmental responsibility, this spring
during Earth Day activities.
Tri-Beta and the Environmental Action
Group on campus are sponsoring events on
campus for EARTHFEST '90, April 19-21.
See Greg Payne's article in this issue for
more information - and get involved!
Professor Nettles has written an essay
which is assumed to be somehow anti-government.
His fear of the authorities
keeps him locked inside, with his health
and sanity deteriorating.
Leopold must answer to the challenges
of "ordinary men" (Roy Matthewson and
Kristen Pool) to live up to the "obligation"
that his past credits put him under. His
friends Edward (Eric Palmquist) and
Bertram (Jonathan Wilson) worry that he
might crack under the strain, however,
gently admonish him to relinquish his fears
and fufill his "mission."
Leopold progresses deeper and deeper
into a psychological void from which he
cannot be rescued. He proves to be
bumbling in his relationships, and is
scorned by Suzana (Jennifer Eckland). In
turn, he is incapable of returning the love
of Lucy and Marguerite (both played by
Chrissy Jacobs) although these two women
try to convince him that only their
passionate love can save him, using his
own arguments from his books.
When Leopold is finally faced by the
authorities and their threatening
counterparts (Andy Wang and Eric Holm),
he must make the moral and philosophical
choice of whether to deny authorship of his
writings, and in doing so, deny his own
identity - or face the consequences of
punishment.
The play will be directed, designed, and
performed in an "experimental" style.
Hostetter seeks a modern, stylistic'
interpretation to the innovative play.
The Friday performance will benefit
North Park College Outreach Programs.
Tickets will be available in advance and at
the door.
WEEKLY CALENDAR
FRIDAY, APRIL 6 ALCOHOL AWARENESS DAY
College Life Retreat Weekend
SATURDAY, APRIL 7
1 p.m. - Softball at Rockford
SUNDAY, APRIL 8 PALM SUNDAY
5:30 p.m. - SEC Practical Joke Awards Banquet
TUESDAY, APRIL 10
3 p.m. - Softball at Wheaton
8:15 p.m. - Fine Arts Division Performance Awards,
Carlson Tower Gallery and LHA
10 p.m. - SA Meeting, President's Room
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11
10:35 a.m. - Chapel, "Maniac Mary from Magdala:
Twice Freed for All," 'Don Klingberg preaching
THURSDAY, APRIL 12 MAUNDY (HOLY) THURSDAY
10:45 a.m. - All Campus Communion Service, Isaacson Chapel
3 p.m. - Softball at Carroll College
FRIDAY, APRIL 13 GOOD FRIDAY - NO CLASSES!
SUNDAY, APRIL 15 EASTER SUNDAY
MONDAY, APRIL 16
3 p.m. - Softball, Wheaton at North Park
TUESDAY, APRIL 17
10 p.m. - SA Meeting, President's Room
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18
3 p.m. - Softball, Carthage at North Park
THURSDAY, APRIL 19
8:15 p.m. - Faculty Recital, Leon Nelson, Isaacson Chapel
Alice Cooper Trashes the Riviera
by Mike Swanson
Two weeks ago, at the Riviera Nightclub
(Broadway and Lawrence) on Friday,
March 23, in the year of our Lord
Nineteen-hundred and ninety, an event
transpired, the likes of which I have never
before experienced: Alice Cooper came to
town. Cooper is virtually the father of
heavy metal music, and is still an active
participant in music of that genre.
His theatrical displays on and off stage,
along with his fiendish make-up, have
made him renowned the world over. This
was to be no exception, for this was his
"Trash-'90" tour, working on some manner
of garbage motif. Three semi-trailer trucks
were required to bring in all of his props
and equipment for this show.
My companion, Greg Fucik, and I went
very early to insure that we would be able
to get good seats (it was a festival-seating
arrangement) for this gala event. Walking
in from Lawrence we saw the line: Glam-rock
Motley Cite wannabes, devil-worshipping
Slayer fans, skanky, big-haired
mini-skirt clad sluts, biker Harley-
Davidson types. Virtually all facets of the
lesser forms of humanity were represented
in a mesh of leather and spikes.
Once inside, smoke loomed everywhere,
to which I also contributed. The place was
packed, and it was only 6:30 p.m. The
show didn't start until 8 p.m. The opening
band, Danger Danger, was probably the
worst act (next to Amy Grant) that I have
Oh is THAT good: Elaine Rowe croons Dr. Horner at the Gong Show.
Get Healthy
This article is most applicable to
women, but you guys should read it, as it
will make you more understanding of the
female population.
Some women breeze through their
productive years with minimal or no
menstrual difficulties. For others it is a
different story.
Painful periods or dysmenorrhea. For
many years, women who went to doctors
and complained about pain each month
along with their periods were told "it was
all in their heads." Now medical experts
say painful menstruation is indeed a
physical problem, and most cases can be
successfully treated. Dysmennorhea is the
most common cause of missed work and
school hours among women in the United
States, and 42 million women suffer from
this problem.
Symptoms of dysmenorrhea may
include mild to severe cramping in the
lower abdomen, backache, pain and
pulling on the inside of the thighs, nausea,
vomiting, diarrhea, headache, dizziness
and fainting. Usually these symptoms are
the most severe on the first day of
menstrual flow, but some women may
experience them for their entire menstrual
period.
In a few cases there is an actual disease
such as endometriosis or a physical
abnormality that can be treated by
medication or surgery. Heredity may be a
factor, but most likely dysmenorrhea is
caused by a group of chemicals in the
body called "prostaglandins." These
chemicals control many functions in the
body and when there is an excess, uterine
contractions are greater and painful. As
the chemical travels through the
bloodstream it constricts blood vessels in
other parts of the body, causing the other
symptoms mentioned above.
If you have dysmenorrhea, it does not
mean your reproductive organs are not
functioning properly. It is not a harmful
condition, only painful. The good news is
that it can be helped. Medication such as
aspirin, or more effectively, ibuprofen
found in over-the-counter products such as
advil, or medipren, or prescription motrin,
slow down the prostaglandin production in
the body somewhat and help relieve the
pain.
Birth control pills also help relieve
dysmenorrhea by stopping ovulation,
thereby preventing the full development of
the lining of the uterus, and thus the
amount of prostaglandin is reduced. The
old remedies of a heating pad, adequate
rest and, yes, physical exercise, still stand.
If you gals have painful periods, don't
just tolerate them! Remember
dysmenorrhea is a physical problem, not a
psychological one. Years ago painful
periods were known as the "monthly
curse" and just endured. Today this is no
longer the case.
We in the Health Service can help bring
you relief. Another reason to come see us
is the fact that women should have their
first pap smear done by age 18. We do this
procedure in the Health Service for a
minimal charge. Come and make an
appointment to see our doctor.
Helen Johnson, R.N., BSPH
Joan Matson, R.N., BSHA
ever seen in my entire life.
At approximately 9:30 p.m., Alice
struck. From out of a ten-foot tall garbage
can (appropriately titled "Trash") leaped
our hero - in bright red leather pants with a
black leather jacket and a white tee-shirt.
The music was good, the stage was set, but
something was missing - Alice was
without his traditional dark makeup. He
went through his classics, and the song
"Eighteen" brought the place down.
Then things got sinister.., and
wonderful. During a musical interlude,
doctors from a mental hospital came and
dragged our hero, Alice, off the stage. A
giant TV screen at the back of the stage
showed the torment and torture given to
Alice by these shrinks until he was once
again his familiar, morbid, gory, make-up
laden self.
He came on quite his old self - wicked
and horrifying. It was scary the way the
crowd was into it. This part of the show
culminated in his singing of "I Love the
Dead", at the end of which Alice's head
was chopped off by a giant guillotine and
stage blood sprayed the first five rows of
people in front of the stage. He came back
and did his famous "School's Out" to end
the show. All in all, an experience most
people will never have, and many will
never want to, but on the whole, it was
wonderful.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
NSO Chair Needed
New Student Orientation Chair job
description and applications are still
available in Joey Ekberg's office.
Applications are due by Monday, April
16th, and interviews will be scheduled for
that week. Announcement of NSO chair(s)
will be made Monday, April 23rd.
Photography Contest
Back by popular demand! Joey Ekberg,
Director of Student Activities, announces
the Second Annual Student Handbook and
Calendar Photography Contest. Any
student, staff, or faculty member may
submit any size and number of black and
white glossy photographs to the contest.
Photos should reflect life as we know it
at North Park. First prize is $100 and
publication with credit on the front cover
of the 1990-1991 Handbook and Calendar.
Second and third prizes are $75 and $50,
respectively, and publication with credit on
the back cover. Photographs may be hand-delivered
to Joey in the Office of Student
Development, or mailed to her at box #11.
Contest deadline is Monday, May 7th.
Winners will be announced in the May
11th College News.
Going to Mexico Winter Term?
Apply now for Winter Term in Morelia
Mexico, 1991. For more information see
Cherie Meacham. Deadline for turning in
applications is April 20. All participants
must have completed at least one year of
college Spanish or the equivalent. You can
obtain or turn in applications in the
humanities division office on the sixth
floor of Carlson.
Pippert to Speak at North Park
Becky Pippert, writer and evangelist, will
speak Tuesday and Wednesday, April 17
and 18, at North Park.
Pippert has written and spoken widely
on Christian evangelism and spiritual life.
She has spoken around the world and in
the United States, where she was the main
speaker at InterVarsity's Urbana '81 and '88
missions conferences.
Her first book, Out of the Salt Shaker, is
considered a modern classic on
evangelism. It has sold more than 400,000
copies and has been translated into a dozen
languages. She has written or coauthored
several books, the latest of which is Hope
Has Its Reasons. This book will be the
basis from which she will speak to the
North Park community:
On Tuesday, April 17, in Isaacson
Chapel at 8:15 pm, Pippert will speak on
"Living the Way of the Cross."
On Wednesday, April 18, in the College
Chapel at 10:35 am, Pippert will speak on
"The Promise of the Resurrection."
Becky Pippert's appearance is funded
by the Anderson Christian Artists and
Lecturers Series, which is sponsored by
Honorary Alumna Lorraine Anderson.
Recent Senate Purchases
The Student Association has allocated
funds for the purchase of another video
camera, microwaves for the Commuter
Lounge and ARA, a ballot box for the SA,
and a new typewriter.
The new Smith-Corona typewriter is
located in the library typing room, on the
west side of the second floor by the study
rooms. The room is open during all library
hours and is available to all students.
If you would like to place a free
classified or personal ad in the
College News, send it to Box 10 or
bnng it to our office in the Student
Services building by Tuesday.
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Looking for a fraternity, sorority or
student organization that would like to
make $500 - $1000 for a one week on-campus
marketing project. Must be
organized and hardworking.
Call Beverly or Myra at (800) 592-2121
Next Issue:
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Kurt Gustafson does a 'Little Orphan Annie' imitation, Phil Staurseth
snarls to perform oral surgery with a volleyball, and Stein looks on.
Softball team 'frustrated'
by Sheri Noelle Haas
"Frustrating" is the word junior player
Cathie Weborg uses to describe the
women's softball season thus far.
The game Tuesday against North
Central was a discouraging defeat for the
women, who complain of a lack of
equipment and support for the women's
softball program.
"Our greatest weakness is hitting,"
Weborg explains, "and this is because we
don't have the practice time and equipment
we need to improve." The team is in need
of a pitching machine, which is standard
equipment for most college softball teams.
"We get into the games," Weborg
continues, "and have a hard time making
contact with the ball. In practice we are
practically hitting slow pitch, but in games
there is just too much speed on the balls - if
we had a pitching machine, we could
practice hitting at game speed."
Coach Mark Pytell has accomplished a
lot with the women, but lack of practice
and weak dedication on the part of the
players and the school plague the team.
Three-year player Krin Thorpe feels the
school "could make women's softball an
IM league if they aren't going to give us
the support we need; most of the time it
seems like the games are just for fun." The
women's softball team has a very low
budget and most of the money pays for
meals when the women miss dinner
because of games.
"Sometimes when you're down 10-0
there's too much frustration, and you have
to give up and laugh," Thorpe comments.
Women's softball has not traditionally
brought recognition to NPC, but the
players are willing to dedicate time to their
sport, as they wish the school would.
"Everything goes to men's sports,
there's no support for the women's athletic
department," Weborg comments.
The women's softball team is: Nancy
Bergen, Karen "Spunky" Bernhard, Kristen
Demers, Rachel Gilligan, Annette
Gonzalez, Ann Mc Naughton, Melissa
Moreland, Cindy Murphy, Krin Thorpe,
Cathie Weborg and Heather Welther. They
play at home on Friday and travel to
Rockford for a game Saturday.
Track team treks to Millikin
by Jonathan Zielske
The men's and women's track team
opened their outdoor season at the
appropriately named Millikin Polar Bear
Spectacular. In spite of gray skies and cool
weather, thousands of loyal fans made the
three-hour trek to witness the event.
BAH-HA! O.K. maybe it was more like
two fans (and they were Steve's parents)
But, both teams enjoyed some early success
nonetheless.
For the men, the field events were
especially a strong point. Sophomore Chris
Chambliss won the triple jump with a mark
of 42'10". He also placed second in the
high jump by clearing 60". For Chambliss,
who has not competed in crack for several
years, improvement will come quickly as
he continues doing skill work.
Another good jumper and sprinter to
keep an eye on is sophomore Jason Killam,
as he went over 20 feet in the long jump.
The weightmen comprise another of the
team's strengths as senior Ray Navarro
placed third in the javelin with a throw of
over 144 feet. Also earning third place was
Jim Bergquist in the discus with a 137'6"
throw.
In the running events, the 400 meter
relay team of Chambliss, Killam, and
freshmen Mark Cederberg and Steve
Ramgren will improve with hard work as a
unit. Ramgren also had a good outdoor
debut in the 400 meter dash.
For the women, Krista Thyreen
continued where she left off from her
successful indoor season. She won the 100
meter hurdles and the 400 meter hurdles
easily. She set two new school records in
the process, records she will undoubtedly
improve upon as the season moves along.
The team of Thyreen, sophomore Amy
Ackerberg, and freshmen Laura Johnson
and Jenna Cowan ran a good 400 meter
relay en route to a third place finish.
Cowan also took third in the high jump by
going 4'8" in her first collegiate meet.
Head Coach Larry Brown has his hands
more than full with the number of athletes
that have joined the team in recent weeks.
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